Their Eyes Were Watching God- Setting

Their Eyes Were Watching God took place in the rural area of Florida in the early 1900's. Slavery was a big deal then, and the book actually started off with saying the slaves had just been set free. The first setting was at Janie's, the protagonist, grandmothers house. Janie grew up in her grandmother's home her whole life, because her mother left her at birth. The setting at her grandmother's house was kind of strict, and she had her rules. Grandmother raised her really well though, and Janie was always treated well, and she was average when it came to class. After her first marriage not working, she got married to Joe Stark, and they moved to Eatonville. Eatonville was the setting for the main part of the book. Janie and Joe became the mayor and mayor's wife of the town. They built a store there, and Janie ran that. The house they built and lived in, was a really big and nice house. Janie and Joe always had money, and they had whatever they wanted. They were African American, so they were very high class, because most African Americans did not have that much in that time. Janie did not really care about all of that stuff though, because the more money they had the worse Joe treated her. When Joe passed away, Janie ended up getting re- married again to Tea Cake. They moved to the third little setting, which took place in the Everglades area of Florida. They did not have a very big house, and they did not have a lot of things. That was where Janie was the happiest though. She did not care for money and big homes. She just wanted to be happy, and she was with Tea Cake where they were. Janie really always lived in a good setting. She was not always treated the best, but that changed when she found Tea Cake. Tea Cake ended up dieing, so she was a widow again by the end of the book.